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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Harold Land - A New Shade of Blue (Mainstream, 1971) Early 70s Hutcherson-Land records hit a sweet spot between bop & spiritual jazz, an alternate route of fusion during its most exciting time, this one supported by Buster Williams & Billy Hart of Mwandishi […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

A photo of a record playing on a turntable next to the album cover with a photo of Land playing sax in a fancy shirt in front of some design I can’t make out

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Fela Kuti - Fear Not For Man (2015 reissue, Knitting Factory, first released 1977 on Afrodisia) Banger title track I recall from sample on Mos Def Black on Both Sides The B side Palm-Wine Sound reminds me of Dollar Brand with a beat If you haven’t […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

A photo of a record playing on a turntable next to the album cover with a portrait of a bleeding Fela playing the sax

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

Parliament - Mothership Connection (Casablanca, 1975) From WXPN to WEFUNK, home of the extraterrestrial brothers, dealers of funky music, P. Funk, uncut funk, the bomb @vinylrecords #NowPlaying #funk #vinyl #BEKrecords

A photo of a record playing on a turntable next to the album cover with an image of George Clinton emerging from a spaceship in a shiny space suit, no pants, knee-high, platform heel boots

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

Kawende Et Ses Copains - Kinshasa (Plainisphare, 1984) Field recording of Congolese folk music from Zaire, via Swiss label, via WXPN @vinylrecords #NowPlaying #African #folk #vinyl #BEKrecords

A photo of a record playing on a turntable next to the album cover with photos of people playing music in the streets of Kinshasa, plastered with promo and catalog labels and WXPN markings

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

New Riders of the Purple Sage (Columbia, 1971) ft. Jerry on pedal steel, especially far out on Dirty Business @vinylrecords #NowPlaying #country #rock #vinyl #BEKrecords

A photo of a record playing on a turntable next to the album cover with a psychedelic painting of a desert landscape with a saguaro cactus and NRPS written in clouds

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Barrington Levy - Robin Hood (Greensleeves, 2007 reissue, first released 1980) Backed by Roots Radics Band, produced by Henry Junjo Lawes, prominently mixed by Scientist the Dub Chemist. The sub is bumping. Crazy that Levy was only 16. @vinylrecords #NowPlaying #reggae #vinyl #BEKrecords

A photo of a record playing on a turntable next to the album cover with a collage of photos of Levy dressed as Robin Hood, with bow and arrow

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Ohio Players - Skin Tight (Mercury, 1974) Got that right. A little more crackle than I prefer but I’ll take it. @vinylrecords #NowPlaying #funk #soul #vinyl #BEKrecords

A photo of a record playing on a turntable next to an album cover with a closeup photo of a woman on her knees in nothing but knee-high boots and a ring

The back side of album cover and cover model, with heels, belt, and skin

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Marcos Valle - Braziliance! (Warner Bros, 1966) Cleaned up a batch of used records I acquired this summer, including about 20 LPs for $50 from a record fair bargain bin. Will post the keepers upon first listen. Bright instrumentals by a young Valle […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

A photo of a record playing on a turntable next to the album cover with a photo of a youthful Valle

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

George Duke - Don’t Let Go (Epic, 1978) Snake funk in the dump baby ft. Ndugu and Shelia E (“now playing” last night) #NowPlaying #funk #soul #jazz #vinyl #BEKrecords @vinylrecords

photo of record playing on turntable next to album cover with photo of smiling George Duke wearing a robe with arms outstretched, pointing 2 fingers each

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

Relistening to Savannah, sipping a tasty Ph-themed Two Tides brew. The best 2-night run I’ve caught in many years (since 1.0?!). And the best IPAs in Georgia. #Phish #beer #TwoTides

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

Going farther back, I sat in the same section where I was on 7/22/97, which along with t-shirt Trey was a good omen.

Phish on stage at Walnut Creek (or whatever the corporate sponsor is these days)

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026

The Immortal Otis Redding (ATCO, 1968) Whenever I listen to Southern soul records, especially Stax, I wonder why I don't listen to more. This posthumous Otis release features some of his last recordings with the M.G.'s before his tragic early death […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

record playing on turntable next to album cover with portrait of Otis

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2026

Herbie Hancock - Thrust (Columbia, 1974) Long before Victor Glover made history as the first black man to orbit the moon, Herbie piloted a synth-controlled spaceship to extraterrestrial Machu Picchu, propelled by jazz-funk thrusters. #NowPlaying #jazz #vinyl #BEKrecords @vinylrecords

photo of record playing on turntable next to album cover depicting Herbie in a spaceship with a synthesizer console approaching what looks like Machu Picchu with the moon in the background

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2026

biked over drawbridge and around a Spanish fort for Billy pre-game "Bluegrass & Bowls Party" at Spinster Abbot's w/ St. Augustine Bluegrass Unit and Mark Lavengood. (the bowls were poki) #bluegrass #livemusic

St. Auggie Bluegrass Unit w/ Mark Lavengood in a coffee shop/taproom with open garage door

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

warm blanket doesn't do justice to the feeling of being 10 ft from Medeski's Leslie speaker. A cathartic experience that brought tears to my eyes. the other guys - Lage, Roeder, Wollesen - weren't bad either #livemusic #jazz

Julian Lage Quartet from stage left, directly behind John Medeski on organ

John Medeski on piano with Julian Lage smiling at him

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

John MF Medeski is going to be on that piano stool in a few minutes!

stage setup before Julian Lage Quartet show, with piano and organ in foreground

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/03/2026

a special #livemusic experience tonight: Richard Thompson with my in-laws, who introduced me to his music 25 years ago and last saw him over 50 years ago in London. He's still got it. #folk #rock

Richard Thompson on stage at Savannah Music Festival

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/03/2026

the country blues are alive and well with... Irish teen Muireann Bradley (?!), channeling Elizabeth Cotten, Memphis Minnie, Mississippi John Hurt and the like, plus originals #folk #blues #livemusic

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026

@rystorm.bsky.social I guess I'm doing well to have seen only 1 show rated <3. (I took most of 2.0 and 3.0 off.) That Wilmington run was rough between the N1 stinker and N2 storm.

table showing 5 lowest-rated phish shows I've seen:
7/18/23
12/17/99
7/19/23
10/30/09
5/31/22

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

The Tony Rice Unit - Manzanita (Rounder, 1979) a flawless record all around: playing, vocals, songs, recording, pressing, feels #NowPlaying #bluegrass #vinyl #BEKrecords @vinylrecords

a photo of a record playing on a turntable next to the album cover, black, with an illuminated Tony playing guitar in the bottom right, below the title in stylized font

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/02/2026

Kurt Vile & Steve Gunn - Gunn Vile (Three Lobed, 2017 reissue of 2015 release, Parallogram series) Vile side / Gunn side, each accompanied by the other, along with Mary Lattimore on harp & piano. Original + covers of Randy Newman, John Prine, Nico […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

record playing on turntable next to album cover with block letters GUNN VILE in geometric design

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/02/2026

Richard Groove Holmes - Comin' on Home (Blue Note, 1971) there's some jazz funk bangers on this one, especially youtu.be/6yLJU6j_YEc ft. Weldon Irvine, Gerald Hubbard, Jerry Jemmott, Ray Armando, Darryh Washington (& RVG) #NowPlaying #jazz #funk #vinyl #BEKrecords @vinylrecords

record playing on turntable next to album cover with photo of Groove Holmes, seated, in a suit

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026

Caught Taper's Choice & Rich Ruth in JAX last night. Tiny room, big jams. At one point I turned around and Derek Trucks was standing behind me but no sit-in. #livemusic #jam

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/02/2026

@liffy @Neddyo this may be the craziest part. dude is living in the moment

excerpt from article:

“I’ve never owned a stereo or a music system,” he said. “I used to record a lot of shows … but I never had anything to listen to.”

He prefers to listen to music where he first found it: on stage, in real time, surrounded by strangers.

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026

Isotope 217 - The Unstable Molecule (Thrill Jockey, 1997) Tortoise × Chicago Underground Orchestra venn diagram with Jeff Parker in the nucleus #NowPlaying #jazz #PostRock #vinyl #BEKrecords @vinylrecords

record playing on turntable next to album cover with abstract art design

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026

The Impressions - People Get Ready (ABC-Paramount, 1965) "There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner Who would hurt all mankind just to save his own... So people, get ready, there's a train a-comin' You don't need no baggage, you just get on board" […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

record playing on turntable next to album cover with a painting of The Impressions - Curtis Mayfield, Samuel Gooden, Fred Cash - and a locomotive

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2026

I've only seen one of them, Roberta Flack in Black Mountain

mural of Roberta Flack by Scott Nurkin on the side of Black Mountain Brewing building

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/01/2026

What shall we say, shall we call it by a name As well to count the angels dancing on a pin Water bright as the sky from which it came And the name is on the earth that takes it in We will not speak but stand inside the rain And listen to the thunder shout I […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

now playing Weather Report Suite from Dick's Picks 12

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2026

Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette - To Be Continued (ECM, 1981) #NowPlaying #jazz #ECM #vinyl #BEKrecords @vinylrecords

record playing on turntable next to album cover with photo of man's elbows on a table set for 2, with white tablecloth, drinks, cigarettes, lighter

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2026

Egberto Gismonti - Sol do Meio Dia (ECM, 1978) It's an ECM decompression kind of night, and a first listen at that, Gismonti (8-string guitar, kalimba, wood flute, piano, voice, bottle) with a rotating ensemble inc. Nana Vasconcelos, Ralph Towner, Colin […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

record playing on a turntable next to album cover with a photo of a dirt road leading into a forest

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/12/2025

Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (1983 Carthage reissue, first released 1974 on Island) I already had this record on deck last week when Richard Thompson announced a spring show in my radius. I promptly got tickets, to be […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

record playing on turntable next to album cover with title in big letters on a surface with dripping water

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/12/2025

Soulive - Clap! (Blue Note, 2002) 12" with tracks from Next ft. Black Thought, Talib Kweli, Hi-Tek, Amel Larrieux. Neal Evans' left hand bass (can't be a B3... Roland?) bumps on my system. #NowPlaying #jazz #HipHop #vinyl #BEKrecords @vinylrecords

record playing on turntable next to plain white jacket with sticker in top right corner

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/11/2025

Esther Phillips - Burnin' (Atlantic, 1970) Live At Freddie Jett's Pied Piper, L.A., with overdubbed horn section including King Curtis, who also arranged and produced #NowPlaying #blues #RandB #vinyl #BEKrecords @vinylrecords

record playing on turntable next to album cover with photos of Phillips on stage

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/11/2025

tonight: Ben Prestage, one man band, swamp blues I recognized most of the covers: railroad bill > freight train monkey & the engineer friend of the devil georgia buck the bible's true #livemusic

Ben Prestage on stage, playing acoustic guitar and drums via foot pedals

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/11/2025

Scientist Wins The World Cup (Mirumir reissue, first released 1982 on Greensleeves) ten dangerous matches plus 5 extra time and the golden goal played by the roots radics squad with referee junjo rhythm tracks laid at channel one mixed at king tubby's by […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

record playing on turntable next to album cover with cartoon of association football match, apparently with Jamaica scoring on England

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/11/2025

Tonstartssbandht - Petunia (Mexican Summer, 2021) What Has Happened... to Tonstartssbandht? #NowPlaying #psychedelic #rock #vinyl #BEKrecords @vinylrecords

record playing on turntable next to album cover with image of a donkey and leaves

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/11/2025

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Les Jardins Mystiques, Vol. 1 (Brainfeeder, 2023) I've been late-night zoning out to MAF's magnum opus for months and still can't find words to convey its depth, range, and beauty. Check out the liner notes and stream for a sense of […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

record playing on a turntable next to album cover with obi strip and abstract art of layered geometric shapes

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/11/2025

Taj Mahal (Columbia, 1968) The debut album that inspired Duane to play slide and Statesboro Blues. I just realized Band 1 includes a young Ryland P. Cooder on rhythm guitar, before he dropped the "land". #NowPlaying #blues #vinyl #BEKrecords @vinylrecords

record playing on turntable next to album cover with photo of Taj Mahal sitting in front of a house playing guitar, surrounded by superimposed images of birds and butterflies

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/11/2025

@chopaganda.bsky.social reminds me of the Baja I got a similar response from my wife to the Kia PV5, which would be far more affordable than a VW ID Buzz, but isn't even available in the US because tariffs and climate denial have frozen the EV import market

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2025

Dollar Brand - Cape Town Fringe (Chiaroscuro, 1977) originally released in South Africa (1974) as Mannenberg ~ 'Is Where It's Happening' #NowPlaying #jazz #vinyl #BEKrecords @vinylrecords

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Black-Eyed Katydid @bek97.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2025

Bobby Hutcherson ft. Harold Land - San Francisco (Blue Note, 1971) coincidentally (?) I pulled back-to-back Blue Note 71 records, the former (Groove Holmes) straight jazz-funk, this one a headier excursion (the record is in better shape than the sleeve) […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

record playing on a turntable next to album cover with photo of Hutcherson & Land looking into each other's eyes

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